School 2013

{{Short description|2012 South Korean television series}}

{{Infobox television

| image = School 2013-poster.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| caption = Promotional poster

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| genre = Coming-of-age
Teen

| writer = Lee Hyun-joo
Go Jung-won

| director = Lee Min-hong
Lee Eung-bok

| starring = Jang Na-ra
Choi Daniel
Lee Jong-suk
Kim Woo-bin
Park Se-young

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer =

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 16 + 1 special

| executive_producer = Hwang Eui-kyung

| producer =

| editor = Jung Hyun-kyung

| location = Korea

| cinematography = Wi Chang-seok{{cite web|last=Jun|first=Ji-young|title=The Image Aesthetics Between "Realism" and "Sensibility"|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1758|website=KBS Global|date=20 December 2012|access-date=2013-01-09|archive-date=2013-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528075938/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1758|url-status=dead}}
Kwon Hyuk-gyun

| camera =

| runtime = 70 minutes

| company = Culture Industry Company School LLC, Content K

| channel = KBS2

| first_aired = {{start date|2012|12|3|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2013|1|28|df=yes}}

| related =

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{{Infobox Korean name

| title = Korean name

| hangul = 학교 2013

| hanja = 學校2013

| rr = Hak-gyo 2013

| mr = Hak-kyo 2013

}}

School 2013 ({{ko-hhrm|학교 2013|學校2013|Hak-gyo 2013}}) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin.{{cite web|last=Jeon|first=Ji-young|title=Distinctive Posters in Three Sets Released|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1692|website=KBS Global|date=23 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07|archive-date=2014-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200354/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1692|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Tae-ho|title=Actors in KBS School Hold 1st Script Reading Session|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/12590|work=10Asia|date=2 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07}}{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|title=School Holds First Script Reading As Entire Cast Gathers|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19734|work=enewsWorld|date=2 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07}}{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|title=School 2013 Holds Gosa Ceremony To Ensure Success and Good Health|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=21085|work=enewsWorld|date=15 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07}} The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, student suicides, school violence, deteriorating teacher-student relations, private tutoring and other real-life high school issues, all within the confines of one small classroom at Victory High School.{{cite web|title=Anticipation for the New "Real" School Report|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1701|website=KBS Global|date=28 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003141518/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1701|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Fifth School series too close for comfort?|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10378107|website=The Korea Herald|date=29 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003181658/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20121129000695|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=In-kyung|title=Why School 2013 is Going to be Worth the Wait|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=22553|work=enewsWorld|date=2 December 2012|access-date=2012-12-07}}{{cite web|last=Jeon|first=Su-mi|title=School 2013 Shows the Ugly Side of Today's Schools|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=22938|work=enewsWorld|date=4 December 2012|access-date=2012-12-07}}

It is the fifth installment of KBS's School series which aired from 1999 through 2002.{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|title=School 2013 Set As Official Title and Releases Group Poster of the Students|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19825|work=enewsWorld|date=5 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129144515/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19825|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}} It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2012 to January 28, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.